After about 19 hours of deliberation over three days, jurors did not reach a verdict Tuesday in the government corruption case of former state Rep. Mike Veon and three former aides.

The eight women and four men on the Dauphin County jury have had the case in their hands since Friday afternoon. After a weekend off, they spent all day Monday and Tuesday poring over hundreds of exhibits and dozens of steno books full of notes they took during six weeks of testimony.

They are to return at 8 a.m. today to continue deliberating.

At the center of the case, which has become known as Bonusgate, are allegations that the defendants schemed to award more than $1.4 million in publicly funded bonuses to state workers in exchange for work on political campaigns. They also are charged with directing staffers to do political work on state time, in state buildings, and using state equipment.

Defense attorneys have said that the their clients had no part in the bonus scheme and that their clients' work-day campaigning was minimal and was far outweighed by after-hours time they spent on legitimate legislative tasks.

On trial with Mr. Veon are former legislative staffers Brett Cott, Stephen Keefer and Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink.

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